The heavens start with letting the bullets fly

Chapter 1244 Mighty and Domineering Mr. Chen

"Yes, I'm not talking nonsense. You can find out the details of Zhang San's stealing of cattle in Hongtu Village outside the city. The reward is ten taels of silver. The two taels are funds and advance payment. After the information is clear, I will go to the police again." Pay another eight taels of silver!"

Chen Zhao smiled lightly, and put forward the conditions straight to the point.

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and said, "Chen Ping, let's go home!"

Afterwards, a two-two-weight little silver flower flew over, and Sun Liu subconsciously followed up, and the voice of that person came from his ear again: "Remember to find Chen Ping at Fangqiao Street after you check it out!"

When Sun Liu came to his senses, the young man with extraordinary powers was already far away. Sun Liu looked at the small porcelain bottle and the small silver bottle in his hand, and a slight smile appeared on his embarrassed face.

Speaking of Zhang San's cattle stealing in Hongtu Village, because it was just outside Dongcheng, he really knew some clues. The old beggars who were close to him had some connections there and found some vague information.

Of course, Zhang San was wronged, not because the owner wronged him, but because the rascal in the village moved his mind and wanted to take away the farm cattle of the landlord’s family in the village, but when the incident was exposed, the guy ran away in panic and happened to kill him. The stolen farm cattle were thrown near Zhang San's house, but the very angry master's family sent them to the Yamen as accomplices in stealing cattle.

The yamen were full of cannibals who would come to see someone who had done something good in solving a case. The criminal was an honest and honest tenant, so he decided the case and handed it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for review without much review at all.

Naturally, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment would not know about these things, but to the well-informed Sun Liu, they were just conversations after dinner.

The rogue of Hongtu Village who stole the cattle happened to be in a gang organization in the east of the city, and accidentally drunk and spit out the truth. An old beggar who was begging in the corner of the tavern heard the truth.

Afterwards, the old beggar said it while chatting, and it caused a burst of sighs. This happened not long ago, so Sun Liu's impression is still very clear.

Although I sympathized with that Zhang San before, I could only sigh a few words about this matter as a talking point, but I didn't expect to be able to exchange money. What a surprise.

However, out of caution, he didn't chase after him immediately, and told the young official the truth of the matter. He had to find out the identity of that young official anyway. Besides, who knew if this was a bait set by the other party?
Two liang of silver is enough for him to beg for flowers with a group of old and young people who are close to each other, and have a good and nourishing life. There is no need to rush to earn the eight liang of silver, let's take care of his injuries first.

He didn't even have the idea of ​​taking the blood-activating pill in the small porcelain bottle. Naturally, such a good medicine must be used in key places. Although the injury on his body was not serious, it was not to the point of being squandered.

As for the authenticity of the Huoxue Pill, as long as the identity of the young official is known, it will be clear.

Although Du Tongxuan is the leader in the Dongcheng District of the capital, and Gan'er Li is the head of the beggars under him, there is also a group of beggars gathered around Sun Liu. Inquiring about news is not a problem at all.

He didn't know that this was what Chen Zhao valued.

He is in the west of the city, and through Wang Hu's control over Gan'er Zhao, he has the news on this side.So in the east of the city, he would attack from the outside. As long as Sun Liu can be used by me, Du Tongxuan will be happy.

When the time comes, he can be condescending and use various means to kick Li Yanbei and Du Tongxuan away, and become the underground leader of the capital.

……

After Chen Zhao went back, he didn't pay attention to other things anymore, and focused on following his deputy, Wu Fan, to learn how to deal with the files of serious and major cases sent by Shuntian Mansion. His heart was not very peaceful.

Naturally, his harvest is not small, at least if he is asked to directly take over the work now, there will be no problems at all, but it is not as good as the old criminal department like Wu Fan in judging the case.

What shocked him the most was that among the case files accumulated by Shuntian Mansion in half a year, there were nearly [-] problematic files, all of which had a dark red light in his eyes.

Among them, Wu Fan, the principal, saw most of the problems, so he marked them on the case files naturally, so as to provide judgment for the assistant minister and even the minister to re-read, and the other half of the case files were not available due to the complexity of the case or the involvement of dignitaries in Beijing. See it or dare not make a judgment easily.

Until all the case files were cleaned up, it took a full five days with the ability of Wu Fan, the head of the criminal department. Of course, about half of the time was wasted in explaining to the immediate boss, Chen Zhao.

Naturally, Chen Zhao didn't think it was a waste, he had gained a lot, but the biggest gain was that he saw the shortcomings of the Ministry of Justice, it was too ungrounded, and there seemed to be a huge bottomless gap between him and the people at the bottom.

And Chen Zhao has also made up his mind to set up an intelligence network. He can't spend a lot of time getting familiar with the operation of the entire officialdom like Wu Fan, especially the details of the Ministry of Punishment.

As a young official with a Jinshi background, he is destined to attract attention. Under the gaze of the Grand Scholars, he quickly gains a foothold, rises to a high position in time, and becomes a member of a huge bureaucratic group, operating to safeguard their interests.

Therefore, it is impossible and unnecessary to have access to too low-level information.

Of course, even if there is such a channel, the officials under him will subconsciously block it, treating it as the most valuable and practical resource at hand.

After a busy day, Chen Zhao sorted out the case files submitted by the Shuntian Mansion, and made a relatively original form and handed it to his immediate superior, the right servant of the Criminal Department, Zhao Honglue. Just after he left the yamen, he got a Good news: Sun Liu is here!
"Go to Xiangyun Tea House!"

After getting into the carriage, Chen Zhao gave instructions, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Sure enough, benefits have always moved people's hearts, this Sun Liu really couldn't bear his temper, and planned to use money to do justice.

Xiangyun Teahouse is a large teahouse on Fangqiao Street. As an official, Chen Zhao can naturally find a place to stay here. The shopkeeper and the staff in the store are eager for a Jinshi to sit here for a long time. This is a live advertisement!

Half an hour later, the carriage arrived at the Xiangyun Tea House and went directly to the third floor, which was not open to the public. The place was decorated with a book-like aroma and was surrounded by bookshelves with all kinds of fresh books on them. The entire third floor was full of books. Filled with a light book scent.

This was specially arranged by Chen Zhao. Such an arrangement can virtually make those gangsters feel ashamed, subconsciously claim to be inferior, and have a heart of surrender.

After an hour, when the sky was getting dark, Sun Liu, led by Chen Ping, walked up cautiously, and was directly stunned by the books in the room.

In the beggar's den, Sun Liu was very calm, with an extraordinary bearing, and a bit of a hero. But in this study, facing the sitting Chen Zhao, he couldn't help but become very cautious and uneasy, and his movements were cautious, as if he was afraid of disturbing him. The smell of books in the room.

Chen Zhao was very satisfied with this guy's attitude as he looked at the eagerness of the room full of books.

This person is very eager for knowledge, and has sincere respect and awe for scholars.

It seems that as long as he acts dignifiedly and acts righteously, he can conquer this person.

"sit!"

Pointing to the chair in front of him, after Sun Liu sat down silently, he said with a smile: "It seems that you are still very moved by my previous proposal?"

"Master Chen is a Jinshi at a young age. If he really has no sons, the old man will surely die in peace."

Sun Liu looked calm and asked instead without answering.

"Not bad!"

Chen Zhao smiled lightly, and said leisurely: "You really have some skills, it's not in vain that I have taken a fancy to your ability!"

"Hey, Mr. Chen is probably interested in my ability!"

Sun Liu smiled wryly. He really didn't expect that the information collection, which he didn't care much about before, could bring him a lot of benefits.

"People have self-knowledge."

Slightly nodded, Chen Zhao asked without any nonsense, "Have you agreed to cooperate?"

"It's not an unreasonable thing. In order to let those children have enough to eat, there is nothing you can't agree to!"

Sun Liu smiled lightly, and said straight to the point: "I don't know the money Mr. Chen promised..."

"As long as your information is reliable, money is not a problem!" Chen Zhao said lightly, he glanced at the bewildered Sun Liu, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm just a fifth-rank chief of the criminal department, and no one will give me a bribe." Yes, I want to make money, there are ways."

One word calmed Sun Liu's hesitation.

It was him. Although the person opposite was young, he was capable of both civil and military skills, and he was terrifying.

Wen Neng passed the Jinshi examination, and Wu Neng knocked out the thugs of Lao Du in the east of the city. Such great talents want money, and there are ways to do it, which is beyond what I can imagine.

Chen Zhao was very satisfied with Sun Liu. It seemed that Sun Liu really had some skills. He actually found out about Zhang San's cattle theft in Hongtu Village in the suburbs so quickly.

According to his original speculation, Sun Liu took over such a matter for the first time, and it would definitely take time to get used to it and arrange it. It would take at least ten days and a half months before there might be a little splash. He didn't expect the results to come out so soon.

"It's also luck..."

Sun Liu chuckled, with a weird smile on his face, and then told the story of the real cow-stealing scoundrel in Hongtu Village who was in Dongcheng, and finally uttered the truth after drinking, and finally smiled lightly, expressing that he did not expect such a coincidence.

"It's a coincidence, and it's your luck!"

Chen Zhao smiled lightly. He didn't expect it to be this result. He was very satisfied with this good start, and threw out a piece of five taels of silver. Facing Sun Liu's puzzled eyes, he smiled and said, "Wait for the real thief from the Ministry of Punishment to run away." After the bull thief catches it, this matter will be over!"

This is also what should be done, as an official of the imperial court, one should be cautious in dealing with things, and everything must be settled before everything is over.

Although Sun Liu didn't understand these things, he was somewhat smart after all and could figure out these contents naturally.

Sun Liu was extremely satisfied with the money in his account, but he still asked, "Master Chen, do you want us to help arrest it?"

"No need, you just need to provide the specific location of that guy when the time comes, and leave other matters to the people in the criminal department to handle, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble!"

Chen Zhao shook his head, and declined Sun Liu's kindness. He is not very clear about whether the Ministry of Criminal Justice has opened up the reward system for civilians, and it will not be too late to make a decision after he asks about the situation.

Besides, Sun Liu is a talented person, and it is best to only provide information at present, and it is best not to let him compete with Du Tongxuan's forces in the East City for the time being.
After all, a Shuanghe martial arts gym is enough for Sun Liu.

"Well, I won't bother Mr. Chen, so I'll take my leave!"

Sun Liu nodded, got up and said goodbye.

"When you come to Xiangyun Tea House in ten days, Chen Ping will give you the last two taels of silver, and there is another investigation mission!"

Chen Zhao nodded with a light smile, and said directly, "I hope you don't disappoint me!"

"Is it still the price of ten taels of silver?"

Sun Liu was full of confidence. He felt that such a scouting mission was not very difficult, and he was more interested in the money benefits he could get.

With this money, he can help more beggars and unite more people.

"Start at the bottom of ten taels, depending on the difficulty of the task to increase!"

In this regard, Chen Zhao will not be stingy at all, as long as the information is reliable, it will be the greatest help to him...

"What. The difference between the officials directly under the dignified punishment department is less than two hundred?"

Chen Zhao was shocked when he got the news from Wu Fan, the principal.

Is this still the number one judiciary in the world, the Ministry of Punishment?

Thinking back to when he was in charge of Jinyiwei Capital Hall, he had a very complete staff, and he could send more than a hundred people to act casually.

But there are so few establishments for the legendary six doors!
After getting specific information from Sun Liu, Chen Zhao went to the Yamen office the next day and started taking action. Naturally, Wu Fan, an old criminal department official, was indispensable for his help.

"Why, do you need anything, sir?"

Wu Fan had a premonition of something, and couldn't help asking curiously: "If your lord wants to mobilize these officials, as long as there are not many people, there is no problem."

"Then send five officials from the Ministry over here!"

Since we were just catching a lowly gangster, we only needed a few officials to block the road, otherwise it would be quite a troublesome thing.

If you want to deal with high-level gangsters in the future, you will need a lot of people to show off. Considering that his martial arts is invincible in the world, he can't do everything by himself!

Wu Fan handled the affairs very neatly, and soon came back with five respectful officials. Just looking at their faces with fleshy faces and fierce eyes, it might be more reliable to say that they were robbers.

"I've seen adults!"

A group of ten officials from the Ministry of Justice greeted him respectfully and did not dare to show any slights.

"Take you to make meritorious service today, you are lucky to have bumped into each other!"

Chen Zhao was too lazy to talk nonsense, so he just waved his hands to tell the officials to follow, and then he personally led the team straight to the East City. Under the secret guidance of Sun Liu and others, he quickly found the cattle thief and directly pushed him to the ground. tied up.

"Boy, something happened to you, if you are sensible, follow me to the Six Doors immediately!"

"It's wrong, my lord..."

The kid was flustered, and then struggled desperately and quibbled loudly: "I never did such a thing, my lord, you can't just wrong a good person!"

"Be honest with me!"

Chen Zhao's face turned cold, and he directly slapped the guy with his ear, and immediately turned his head to the side. One cheek quickly became red and swollen, and he spit out a mouthful of blood with teeth, and the voice of sophistry stopped abruptly. .

The officers of the Ministry of Criminal Justice who controlled the prisoners were stunned, shocked by Chen Zhao's relentless and straightforward method, and they didn't even care about being sprayed with blood by the prisoner.

"Death is imminent, and you dare to quibble in front of this official!"

Chen Zhao sneered, pointed at this guy, and said with disdain on his face: "You said it yourself. After getting drunk several times, you didn't make it known to everyone. Why don't you dare to admit it now? ?”

Prisoner: "..."

People watching: "..."

Under the feet of the emperor, there are really many wonders.

I have seen such a weird criminal, I have never seen such a weird criminal, who is so bold as to tell the truth after drinking, not once or twice, if this is not unlucky, who is unlucky?
"Don't talk nonsense, just take it directly to Shi Yamen's torture tools, and he will know the consequences of sophistry!" Chen Zhao sneered and waved his hands: "Some of the six doors are torture tools, and some are torture methods. What I want to do is to deal with a ruffian like you! I will let you know today, how can the hearts of the people be as strong as iron, and the laws of the government as furnaces as furnaces!"

The onlookers took the initiative to separate from the two sides, and watched the officials of the Ministry of Punishments leave with arrogance and admiration on their faces. One by one, they were all excited.

The common people were happy, and they had something to talk about again, which was enough for them to talk about for a long time, but Chen Tingjing, the Governor of Shuntian Mansion, couldn't be happier. Chen Zhao's behavior was not only suspected of violating his authority, but also a slap in the face. Everyone in Shuntian Mansion was very dissatisfied with this.

But dissatisfaction is not dissatisfaction. They can't say anything bad about Chen Zhao's "justice" behavior. If we really want to talk about it, he helped Shuntian Mansion reduce one unjust, false and wrong case.

They didn't believe Chen Zhao's explanation that he 'accidentally' learned the news, so why didn't he tell Shuntian Mansion earlier if it really wanted to be like this, they were so passive right now.

Fortunately, this was only a "small case". After the gangster confessed, Shuntian Mansion immediately made a new case file, allowing Zhang San, a tenant of Hongtu Village who had been tortured and frightened, to be acquitted.

Chen Zhao was not interested in knowing these things. After he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment with a few high-spirited officials from the Ministry of Punishment, he was unanimously affirmed by the Shang Shu and the two servants, and they praised him well.

Although the Criminal Department does not directly handle front-line cases, it does not mean that the Criminal Department has no right to intervene. It is just that it is not necessary and it lacks experience in this area.

Nowadays, new Jinshis from the Ministry of Punishment discover unjust, false and wrongful cases within their jurisdiction and promptly correct them, which reflects the value of the Ministry of Punishment in the lower government and also makes people know about the capabilities of the Ministry of Punishment.Therefore, Chen Zhao's behavior was very embarrassing to the Minister of Punishment. No matter how the Minister of Punishment and the two ministers felt about him, they did not dare to be biased in this regard. This was a matter of stance.

Although Lu Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, belonged to Cao Jixiang's party, he was a Jinshi after all. As long as he wants to stay in the Ministry of Punishments, he must support this kind of behavior.

After this incident, Chen Zhao also gained a firm foothold in the Ministry of Punishment and was accepted by the Ministry of Punishment.

A capable person can get along anywhere. Although he is too young, he is an orthodox Jinshi after all. His father is also a scholar and an official. Naturally, he is easier to be accepted by his colleagues.

Officials from various divisions and departments greeted him warmly when they saw him, and they felt that the new young chief was indeed a man of work, and he was worthy of being a scholar in the imperial court!

This is beautifully done!

Chen Zhao was in a good mood, so after ten days, he ordered Chen Ping to give Sun Liushi two taels of silver, and the extra silver was regarded as a reward for his first neat work.

Sun Liu is overjoyed. He naturally likes such an easy and moral way of making money. Who wants to be hungry and full when they have a good life?

Therefore, he happily accepted Chen Zhao's next commission, the Dongcheng commoner Wang Gouzi's arson and wounding case. This case also had obvious problems, and the dazzling dark red light on the case file could not be fake.

Chen Zhao told Sun Liu through Chen Ping not to worry, but to investigate slowly, as long as he can figure out the cause and effect, as well as the problems inside, within a month.

Just now he slapped Shun Tianfu in the face, so he couldn't immediately rush up and hit him hard again, it seemed too deliberate to instigate hatred, even though he didn't care much, it was still troublesome, wasn't it?
When it was the holiday, Chen Zhao got up early and did fitness Taijiquan in the yard. It was different from contemporary martial arts, the movements were extremely slow, not like martial arts at all.

Chen Ping's eyes almost popped out, but he just couldn't see what was so powerful about his master's snail-like fists and kicks.

But he knew very well that the master is indeed a great master. When he was chatting with the beggar Sun Liu, this guy admired the master's skills very much, saying that the master's strength was quite amazing.

Can it be great?It was so powerful that so many people were sent flying with a single stomp.

As for how to be amazing, he didn't know, he only knew that he was far more powerful than a beggar like Sun Liu, and it was really not an easy problem for a blind martial artist like him.

How did he know that what Chen Zhao practiced was not martial arts at all, but simply morning exercises.

After he finished his practice, he ordered breakfast.

He still has to go to Shuanghe Martial Arts Hall today.

A martial arts gym in a small slum area of ​​the capital city naturally cannot have so many external kung fu masters. It is clearly the team of Dongcheng beggar "Uncle" Gan'er Li. He had come into contact with Chengxi Gan'er Zhao before, and his men were limited.I thought the same was true for Dongcheng.

It's just that a chance encounter made him discover the clues of Dongcheng.

Presumably, Gan'er Li is under the command of Du Tongxuan, the leader of the East City, and Gan'er Zhao is in a different position under Li Yanbei's command.

This pole Li also has the duty of a thug.

Sitting in the teahouse until noon, and having lunch by the way, he took Chen Ping and several accompanying guards to the Shuanghe Martial Arts Hall in Dongcheng.

At this time, the atmosphere in Shuanghe Martial Arts Hall was solemn and awkward. All the boxers in the martial arts hall looked unhappy and were scattered around the huge training ground of the martial arts hall. Their expressions were somewhat inconsistent.

In the lobby of the martial arts hall, a dozen big men were all standing, including the owner Ye Bo.

Only one person is sitting.

He has a demeanor of Chen Ning, his face is ferocious, and it is obvious that his kung fu is extraordinary.

It was Li Dalong, the beggar uncle of Dongcheng

I saw that all the people in the room were angry, and the breath in the room was almost frozen, making it difficult to even breathe.

Someone who spoke suddenly broke the frozen atmosphere in the room instantly.

"That guy won't release our martial arts pigeons?"

"I think it's possible. Although our Shuanghe Martial Arts Academy is not the biggest and most powerful martial arts gym in Kyoto, it can still be ranked among the top five. I think that guy must be afraid to come!"

"Brother Ye, I'm afraid it's not that you are not good at things, and we are afraid that we will blame you for making this move?"

"What are you talking about? There were a dozen or so brothers who followed Brother Ye at that time, and they all agreed with one another. Thinking about it, that one must be quite powerful!"

"No matter how powerful it is, we have a large number of people, and with Uncle Li in charge, he probably won't dare to come!"

"..."

A group of people talked a lot, and most of them thought that the guys who had trouble with the martial arts gym that day did not dare to come to Shuanghe Martial Arts Gym to find trouble.

Li Dalong, who sat in the first place, listened to their yelling, but kept silent all the time. Since he got up this morning, he was a little restless, his right eyelid kept twitching, and he always felt that something might happen.

Just use the comments of your subordinates as a reference. If you really want to relax your vigilance as they said, what should you do if an accident happens?

After all, this martial arts gym is presided over by Ye Bo in name, but the real person in charge is him, Gan'er Li.

He was able to maintain such a stable position under the great leader Du Tongxuan because this martial arts gym provided him with a steady stream of trained fighters.

But even so, she didn't dare to be careless.

After all, from Ye Bo's mouth, he can be sure that the master who threatened to visit him in ten days is incredibly powerful.

Just one step, one stomp can make the boxers in the martial arts hall unsteady and fly backwards. Such strength is really awe-inspiring. I'm afraid it's those legendary masters in the world, such as Lu Xiaofeng and Ye Gucheng. That is the strength.

Because there were many people present at the time, he had carefully cross-examined and found out that Ye Bo Nasi had not exaggerated, which made him feel startled.

When did such a great master appear on the capital's territory? How come no one heard about it?

Could it be the master invited by Li Dalongtou of Xicheng?

Li Dalong guessed Chen Zhao's identity with the way of thinking of people in the Jianghu, which was a huge difference, and it was impossible to guess the truth.

How could he have imagined that such a terrifyingly powerful master would actually serve as a junior official of the fifth rank in the court's criminal department yamen?

"Master, do you think we need to wait any longer? It's been a whole morning!"

A group of subordinates talked a lot, and finally all turned their inquiring eyes on Li Dalong, the "Ganger Li" of Dongcheng who had been silent.

Li Dalong sighed, and when he was about to say something, suddenly there was a commotion in the martial arts training ground in front of the lobby, and then his confidant who was waiting outside hurried in, and the shout had already reached his ears: "Master, that man coming!"

(End of this chapter)